The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-05-12

railroad engineer. and bad been ior
long lime in sbc compsSys smploy. Whe'
The new epsine .'5s@ Vas completed AMI
placed on the road. be sas given chug'
of II. aud be eyiDced q natural pride .,
his preiermspt Al one Of the station
there v. young girl, telegrsphic oper
stor. hesween whom and the engines
there had sprung up warm sttachmeni
and whenever 80" came slong Kate gen.
'eraily 9ansged = bsss ". door and eI
changed signals With her lover. Ooe da,
the trsio vss detained at the station. aSd
the locomotive detached and sent up ths
road TO do some additional work. aud
Kate vent along for ride. As she list
ened 10 the sharp, shriil notes of the whis
tie. 1t occurred TO her that she might teach
John TO sound her name ia the Morse tvle
graphic characters. so that she could dis
tiaeoish his signal from thai 81 tie other
engines, whenever his train approached.
1 The plan worked TO charm. and far and
near the whistle shrieked Kate. until
oae day as the operator stepped upon the
platform, she overheard conversation be-
tween two young men, aud learned that
they understood the signal aud were
lsughingly wondering who Kate could be.
Their means Of communication having
been discovered. they were obliged to dis
| In aptt u ag ha1
by means Of telegrapby, made the acquaiut.
snce OF young lady in distant city, but
whom she had never seen, and TO her she
made known the fact that TIE secret had
been discovered. Then her friend sug-
gested q plan as brilliant as il was ingen-
NOUS. II was simply to oarrangea means of
telegrsphic communication between the
approaching train and the station, s as to
ring bell hidden away in the closet in
Kste's office, engine 80" being the only
one provided with means Of completing
tae circuit, which wss done by laying the
poker upon the tender brake so as to touch
the wire in passing Kate found an OPP
portunity to acquaint John With the pro
posed plan, aud in the meantime had
found an abandoned wire which ran for
long distance close to the track, which
she proposed TO use in carrying out Der
purpose. Thanksgiving day came soon
after, and John fortunately having boli-
day. he and Kate went bravely to work,
aud before the day bad ended the tosk
was q complete success. The dramatic
finale OF their little episode is told 10 the
following:
1t was singular how absent minded and
inattentlye the operator was on the day
that the great scientific enterprise was fn-
ished. No wonder she was disturbed |
Would the new line work? Would her
little battery be strong enough for such
great circuit? Would John be able to
close il? The people began to assemble
for the train. The clock pointed to the
hour for its arrival.
Suddenly, with startling distinctness,
the bell rang clear and loud in the echoing
room. With cry OF delight she put on
her dainty hat and ran in haste out upon
the platform. The whistle broke loud
and clear on the cool, crisp air. and "59'
appeared round the curve in the woods.
This splendid monster slid swiftly up to
her feet and paused.
Perfect, john Perfect 1t works to
With spring she reached the cab and
sat down on the freman's seat.
"Blessed il / could tell what he was
going TO do" said the fireman. "He told
me oil about it. Awful bright ideal You
see, he laid the poker on the tender brake
there. and it hit the tree slam, aud | saw
the wires touch. 1t was just prime.
But the happy moments sped, and "50'
groaued aud slowly departed, while Kate
stood on the platform, her face wresthed
in smiles and white steam
SO the lovers met each day and none
knew how she was made aware OF his ap
proach with such absolute certainty. Sci
snce applied TO love, or rather love applied
10 science, can move the world.
Two weeks passed. and then there sud
ienly arrived at the station one evening a
'peclsl with the directors car attached
The honorable directors were hungry -
hey always are and would pause on their
Quincy aud take a cup OF tea and bit Of
npper. The honorables and their wives
ind children filled the station, aud the [
place put on quite gala aspect As for
Kate, she demuIely sat in her den. book
q hand, and over its unread pages ad I
nired the gay party 10 the waiting room, G
Suddenly, with furious rattle, her elec a
ric bell sprapg into noisy life. Every
park Of color left her face, aud her book 0
ell with dusty slam to the floor What /
sas t' What did it mesn1 Who rang itf /
With sffrighted face she burst from her /
'iiice and brushed through the sstonished b
,eople and out upon the snow covered .
,lstform. There stood the directors /
rain on the track OF the on coming train.
"The conductor Where is he7 Oh. r
ir, start Get TO the siding The express r
] coming
With cry she snateLed lantern from r.
brskemsn's hand aud in fash was J
one. They saw her light pitching and q
ancing through the darkness, and we're
ost 10 wonder and amazsment. ''she is ii
rszyi No train is due nowl There can s,
e no danger. She must be-"
All That horrible whistle. Such Ii
lid shrek 90 a winters night The men II
prsng 10 the train, aud the women aud D
hildren hrd 10 frantic terror 10 every I
ifection. b
IRAN for your lives. screamed the con b
uetor. There's smAsh.up coming" a